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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MI0027596

NAT STANDARD-LAKE ST, Niles, MI: NPDES MI0027596 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

NAT STANDARD-LAKE ST, held by HEICO Holdings Incorporated, holds NPDES permit MI0027596, which discharges to Lacey Creek. EPA’s file records it issued April 3, 2015 and expiring October 1, 2017. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedNAT STANDARD-LAKE ST
Permittee as filedHEICO Holdings Incorporated
NPDES IDMI0027596
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedApril 3, 2015
Expiration dateOctober 1, 2017
Issuing agencyState
AddressNiles, MI 49120
Receiving waterLacey Creek
SubwatershedWebster Lake-Saint Jospeh River (HUC 040500012602)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler MIT270010549; ICIS-AIR source MI00000000000B5417

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

An effluent exceedance is a discharge monitoring report value over the permit’s numeric limit (EPA’s violation code E90). A violation of any kind also counts a report not filed. Each row is EPA’s own count for that pollutant.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Boron, total [as B]4117January 31, 2007510% over the limit
pH4126December 31, 2008
Zinc, total [as Zn]244February 28, 2022152% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]243February 29, 20041,000% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual241April 30, 2020816% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant460
Oil & Grease120
Organics, total toxic [TTO]120
Outfall observation,visual, y/n response120
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit110
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]110
Arsenic, total [as As]800
Copper, total [as Cu]600
Solids, total suspended200
Cyanide, total [as CN]200
Cadmium, total [as Cd]200
Chromium, total [as Cr]200
Lead, total [as Pb]200
Nickel, total [as Ni]200
Silver, total [as Ag]200
Thermal Discharge100
Chlorination duration100

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES limits and effluent violations files (ECHO download); up to 60 rows shown, most exceedances first.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
May 21, 2024Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
December 29, 2020Management Practice Violations - No Licensed/Certified OperatorST6
December 29, 2020Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab ErrorST6
October 21, 2020Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
August 7, 2020Management Practice Violations - Best Management Practice DeficienciesST6
August 7, 2020WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to develop any or adequate SWPPP/SWMPST6
August 7, 2020Failure to eliminate or relocate industrial stormwater outfalls from identified sensitive areasST6
August 7, 2020Other noncompliance related to industrial stormwater dischargesST6
February 21, 2020Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES violation, inspection and enforcement files (ECHO download); up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES MI0027596 for NAT STANDARD-LAKE ST in Niles, MI, held by HEICO Holdings Incorporated and discharging to Lacey Creek within the Webster Lake-Saint Jospeh River subwatershed (HUC 040500012602). The page lists 22 under a major discharger class, with 5 pollutants under a numeric limit and 5 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and records the permit as administratively continued.